State ex rel. Field v. Avery
Wisconsin Supreme Court
MANDAMUS to compel the defendant, as register of deeds for the county of Juneau, to remove his office from the village of New Lisbon to the village of Mauston.
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MANDAMUS to compel the defendant, as register of deeds for the county of Juneau, to remove his office from the village of New Lisbon to the village of Mauston. The facts alleged in the relation are stated in the opinion of this court upon a demurrer to the respondent’s return to the alternative writ of mandamus, 14 Wis., 122. An issue of fact having afterwards been joined, the cause was sent to the circuit court for Monroe county for trial, and the verdict there found having been filed in this court, the respondent moved for a new' trial, and the relator for judgment that a peremptory writ…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
PAINE, J.
A trial of the issue of fact in this case was had at the circuit, and the respondent’s counsel now move for a new trial, on account of alleged errors ; and the counsel for the relator moves for a judgment on the verdict, that a peremptory writ issue.
The material question of fact involved in the issue was, *673whether the frauds were committed in the election at New Lisbon, on the county seat question, as alleged in the relation. With other evidence to show those frauds, the relator offered the deposition of one Holden, who testified directly that a large number of spurious…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Manny v. GlendinningWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861
3Cited by1 opinion
- Sherburne v. RodmanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881